My Shorts Didn't Get Views Till I Discovered This Secret

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[@MilrusWW]

Yeah. Decently sized shorts creator as a living here, Creativity needs to take a hit at the start, and my biggest tip for anyone starting shorts is.. Follow Trends don’t try and start trends at the start.

[@officialskullfadermusic]

needed that advice! especially coming from someone who's made it as a shorts creator, how has no one else seen this comment yet?! lol

[@nataliesweet-cw6cr]

THIS! Thank you

[@KennyEatsWorld]

This comment deserve more visibility and likes. Give it a like so more people see it.

[@Ilma-TG]

I also want to become a KZbin creator and I do lots of efforts in my video but at the end I think, no it's not gonna a good one so I don't upload it can anyone please tell me that what type of content should I include in my videos

[@JipStats]

Hi milrus

[@COIFISHGAMING]

Shorts are insanely difficult to be consistent! You can make the best short and it will literally do nothing, upload a potato with googly eyes and it will go viral haha

[@hautbath]

Seriously! 😂

[@Sujoy.Gaming]

Fr

[@CrystalHollyYT]

🤣

[@Hubb990]

Yeah this is very true!

[@sarasmixvlog]

😂 😊👍

[@Captain_Will]

I've dropped one short a day since September and it has blown up my channel. These tips are great advice except for that you SHOULD try to push people from your shorts to your longs. I have gained tens of thousands of extra views on my livestreams simply by linking them as related videos in my shorts. Good stuff vidIQ!

[@vidIQ]

We got you:)

[@happycorn3r]

Done Please ✅💜✅💜✅

[@catluvindian]

What ive seen- you cannot PUSH....they will go on their own if they want to...nothing you can do if they dont

[@UnknownForceslol]

Captain Will? Yoooo I’m a fan ❤😊

[@jacquelinevanbierk]

Congrats! I love hearing that.

[@UBCubing]

i did hear from rob and from people that work from youtube that when you have little short views that the youtube algorithm is trying to find your seed audience which is basically the algorithm trying to find a audience that will always watch your content

[@happycorn3r]

Done Please 💜🖤💜🖤

[@Fish-x6h]

‘Videos are like a restaurant menu’ and I think shorts are like a conveyor belt sushi bar.

[@Shadowmingle]

I started my channel posting dark psychology and teaching the reality of the world .. the start was little good.. I try to post one video every day.. but it becomes tiring as the day passes and no results... Now I am at a point where my shorts get hardly 5 views.. but I will try to put the things I learnt from this video... Fingers crossed 🤞🏿

[@bbreak]

Quality doesn't matter much with shorts if you're a small channel... they're very random... all you need to do is trick the algorithm, make shorts the algorithm likes while making sure people will also like it enough to push that like button every now and then (this rules out telling a story, as a small channel any short that's over 15-20 seconds is likely to fail)

[@bbreak]

Swiped-viewed rate also doesn't matter, nor does AVD with shorts.... My most successful shorts had low viewed-swiped rate and AVD at first while by far most of my shorts with over 90% viewed-swiped ratio and >100% AVD flopped with just a handful of impressions

[@bbreak]

I btw have had great success with getting people from my shorts to my long-form content.... it definitely works!

[@mosstalgia]

4:32 cat appears

[@RedstoneSteveYT]

I saw that too!

[@vidIQ]

Of course:)

[@Puppitsoplays]

@@vidIQcat

[@campingintheforest_]

So you're making animal videos 😊 ​@vidIQ

[@Foxxey0]

Yay cat ❤

[@Sussy_BakaBaby]

Whenever I upload a good short it skyrockets to 2,000 views on average in an hour at most, and then stops instantly. I have no idea why and am struggling to fix it.

[@Sujoy.Gaming]

Same for me except sometimes yt tested my short for a few hours/days & then skyrocket and then views flatlined

[@Lyricza179]

​@@Sujoy.Gaming That's because KZbin finding the your initial audience (seed audience) it takes time

[@memematrix69420]

Its because youtube tests your shorts with an audience called "seed audience". And if the audience engages with the short well, it will get a huge boost and skyrocket. But if the audience doesnt engage with it, for example, swipes away, bad like to view ratio etc, youtube will not push it out into further "main audience".

[@Sussy_BakaBaby]

@@memematrix69420 Okay thanks. But when KZbin shows the seed audience it gets me tons of subscribers and sometimes hundreds of likes, is that not good enough to push it to the main audience?

[@Sujoy.Gaming]

What do you think is an appropriate viewed/swiped ratio and like ratio . I am creating shorts in one of the most competitive​ games (pubg) . Recently managed to get over 66% viewed vs swiped viewed/swiped ratio and 92% retention for 28sec short and ut went till 11k. Likes were 243 (average likes on this short were less than some other top performing shorts)

[@GuineaPigsAdventures]

This is some awesome advice 😎

[@lionzturnedvizible]

hi

[@OmonyeOsezua416]

Excited to apply!

[@happycorn3r]

Done Please ✅💜✅💜✅

[@GhostPandaStorm]

Great vid on Shorts, Dan! It also seems that using moving captions in your Shorts can be effective way to keep viewers' eyes on the screen as well

[@vidIQ]

Very true!

[@Yetr]

Keep up the great work, you've got this!

[@kristinpaquette]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL! I am trying to just get to my 1000 subscribers and the watch hours and I am SPENT AND DONE and totally had a meltdown this week trying to do diy craft videos 5 days ( almost ) a week. Like I can not humanly do another crappy craft and that's just it ! Being creative doesn't come on demand! And it takes money and time to actually make it, step it out, shoot it, edit it and I have been so upset from all of this. Part of my frustration comes from younger youtubers that seem to make 5 videos and get millions of views ( i do wonder if its from a Boost$$) All of that said I am going to go back and look at my shorts from some of the tricks you mentioned and see what happens. Its a lot easier than covering ALL of my kitchen cabinets with sky blue contact paper to look relevant for a DIY ! I can't wait to try these tips you posted! wish me luck and check out my station ! I am trying lol

[@the_rezy]

i have a question can my long form channel can get hurt by making short form videos

[@sahants]

yes

[@the_rezy]

@@sahants i am using shorts to gets first 1000 subs then long form

[@sahants]

Long form video don't get much views when you get sub from shorts.

[@jacquelinevanbierk]

If shorts are not made to get people to watch your long form content, why shorts? I'd assume it's a great way to get people to click on your longer vids. Regardless, thank you. I need to step my short game up!

[@Dr.AmnaRiaz-Oxford-University]

anything can blow up in today's world. I feel like quality doesn't matter in this regard

[@SRPES-07]

Got 100+ subs under a month

[@GyreArts]

Hell ye nice job Keep at it man hehehe

[@SRPES-07]

@@GyreArts thnx

[@creativeInstincts-yq6lz]

16 I just started

[@SRPES-07]

@@creativeInstincts-yq6lz nice

[@SunoAi-music]

3 I just started

[@pilotlei]

Still trying to grow my channel. I pray we can all grow our channel and be successful with KZbin.

[@FunkyKid3600]

My youtube shorts have suddenly stop getting views. Even if it is a trend. I see other people do the trend and they get lots of views but when i do it i barely get 10. Don't get me wrong I add tags , hashtags in title and description. I also try to give best editing. I just don't know why the algorithm is declining me.

[@DoopOfPoop]

My guess is u deleted a video to reupload it and u got shadow banned so u just gotta go ahead and endure it

[@TheologyMade]

This was really helpful as someone doing long form and shorts, this helped clarify a new strategy, thanks guys!

[@hitm6644]

Can you tell me how many seconds of the video count as viewed vs swiped away ratio?

[@bready125]

hello thank you for the help i only had 100 and now 261 thanks alot!

[@MelodySoundtrack]

How to make short for a music video channel?

[@teffenyhughes1292]

This is my go to channel and this is the only channel on KZbin that I am subscribed to and I like is the only one that I am subscribe to the other life

[@ACEWouldYouRather]

I have this channel on Would You Rather theme, which got exponential growth from September till December, unfortunately I started this channel from 1st January 2024 and it is getting view on an average 3K, but the algo is acting wired these days to the entire theme, big channels were getting on an average 50k views, but now they are getting less than 5K views, KZbin sometime is really wired place, the effort, time is going for toss!

[@m3lomeh_shorts]

I do believe that shadowban really exist in KZbin 😤

[@AnthonyGoodley]

There is no doubt that it exists.

[@OctoXplayz]

4:35 aww cute cat in the background

[@draganeskooldeejay]

Yeah, cool stuff! Not much for shorts lately, but will give it a try soon again! Cheers and good luck everybody!

[@jovayutube]

How to get a million views? TERRIFIC! YOU'RE AWESOME! BEST REGARDS!

[@robloxingout2093]

4:36 Nice cat, looks just like mine

[@mami-leo]

Yall on fire fr with the features for creators!

[@goldfries]

I like the cat in your background. Send it (him / her) over!

[@Cuteandeasydrawing24]

My shorts video is the best progressive to my channel but i want my long video also viral

[@LifeAfterLosing]

I have gotten a lot of subscribers from shorts, but they never translate into watching the long form. So I’m getting close to 1,000 subscribers but not close to the watch time needed.

[@MrAngryTroll]

I still don't understand the process. One of my shorts blew up to 7K+ and then stopped even though it was 55% viewed by the impressions given out. Over 250+ likes and comments, but then KZbin said nah. LOL. But I have stopped from doing a short a day to 3 a week.

[@ikari_no_edits]

I made a new account for Anime edits the first video did nice, but everything else 0 views.. Nothing working i deleted those and one day i work up at like 1AM at night and just upload a short.. Woke up to 6k I'm like.. So I used that time for like 2 weeks it worked 1k to 3k views ☺ but then next week 0 views on every other video, bro why is KZbin shorts this way there not showing anyone the video bro even tiktok or Reels would at least show 10 people 😢

[@crisralphthetiger2695]

I will not upload any videos now I'm retired I will upload on TikTok

[@tata_shiii]

I started a lyrics video creating channel. I wanna know from where can i get copyright free music?

[@Badclamz83GaMinG]

If your just starting out I hope you make it! Good Luck and Keep going even if the Views and Subs are coming in slow I started 2 months ago and now have over 200 Subs! Not huge but its growth! Good luck everyone

[@BirdieBound_]

I created this channel few months ago and I have now got over 75k+ views. I am also getting views for my long form content.

[@bowardwowardd]

I do gaming shorts I have a hard time with the hooks on some of my shorts? Anytips for gaming video hooks?

[@brothermatatoe]

I’ve been posting gaming shorts consistently since probably June of last year, and today I hit 600 subscribers! While I’m proud of my progress on KZbin, I lost my son back in November and it’s been the hardest part of this whole journey… Staying consistent afterwards felt impossible, so I’ve just been taking it easy and doing daily shorts rather than working on a big projects for now. I haven’t really come up with a content strategy or anything either, and I know it’s pretty important to do that if I want to take things to the next level. So if you guys have any advice or suggestions feel free to let me know! God bless! 🙏

[@doublekillvideos]

My views dropped off at the very end as well, good to know I should cut it off

[@CamSellsTheKawarthas]

Small KZbinrs in 2024 were you at? 🙋‍♂️

[@judithcaleb_jc]

I am here 🥹

[@Ninjagoking12]

Here

[@BigEditzz]

here and grinding🔥🔥

[@imperfectMOTO]

Yuurrrr

[@JamesMrazik]

Here bro . Thanks for supporting my son's channel ❤

[@matiaschrest2013]

Shorts still work really great for me on my second channel. I mean, I am just small content creator and I work really hard (I also use a little bit of fame- ster, but that's a necessity nowadays). I just give all my videos small initial boost, and that caused them to spread literally everywhere, bringing more and more organic views day after day.

[@Frenchwoodgirl888]

Hey, how do you do that? use the fame-ster? I am so unclear what is OK to use and what is not???

[@Frenchwoodgirl888]

Hows best to use

[@Mrs_961]

But I can't see you shorts? Why did you hide them !

[@DiColquhoun]

@@Frenchwoodgirl888 That’s just hidden marketing, so everyone who reads the comment jumps into searching for that “secret method.” don't fall for it.

[@Frenchwoodgirl888]

@@Mrs_961 Do you know when its appropriate to use fame-sters pics?

[@Not_Cip]

Stopping 12 year olds from saying "First"

[@m1fe.x]

🫡

[@TacoMcTaco]

Yes

[@MrBeanhead3100]

Good job, we appreciate your work

[@Sussy_BakaBaby]

bruh I wasn't even gonna do that 😭

[@Doc_Beak]

Yeah bro it’s so annoying

[@IAmFreeTV-vt2sc]

I have 11 subs!

[@AsakiGaming]

13 now

[@DBDGOD13]

14 now

[@IAmFreeTV-vt2sc]

thank you both so much I now have subscribed to both of you thank you so much guys!!!!!!!

[@IAmFreeTV-vt2sc]

i have 22 subs

[@IAmFreeTV-vt2sc]

I have 22 subs

[@poka26ev2]

Remember: KZbin is about passion, you’ll get famous one day, don’t give up and don’t be rough to yourself.

[@arsonistgaming]

Thanks for saying this, I'm a new tuber and my dream is to be able to take off. The start has been slow but I am determined to share my game play and share my personality with the world. I've gone from zero views almost always to finally traction, small but it's movement. Just need them people to sub but time will bring it

[@sakhies_fashioncoahing55]

@@poka26ev2 this inspirational 🥰😫😫

[@4FramesPerSecond]

This video was very needed. We get stuck at around the 2k to 10k view mark consistently, and sometimes the watch time, CTR, and all other metrics are actually GOOD and STILL, they fall off of a cliff. Let me tell you, when our first short gets 1 million views, I will edit this message and let you know! ❤❤❤

[@PetTalkShow]

Let us know if it works. I'm trying now. The less Seo I do the more views. Strange

[@4FramesPerSecond]

@Paws-And-Claws-Top-Animals Oddly, yeah! We've been playing around with techniques like "unchecking the publish to subscriber" button as suggested by Thor from Pirate Software. We've tried adding descriptions and tags. We've tried different lengths, loops, and hashtags. There isn't really a real rhyme or reason for it to us yet. We've had videos with NO SEO, and it's been about 10k, and we've had ones where we took extra care and time on it, and it's not done well at all. I guess the real test is maybe uploading 2 of the same video and doing one of each. That might be the litmus test we need.

[@PetTalkShow]

@4FramesPerSecond Agree. THINK Media has no channel tags that I see. To be honest my channel for my home videos has 4000 videos since 2006 and does better with no effort. Maybe Age has something to do with it as well. Uggg

[@ACEWouldYouRather]

On one of my channel, I got 3.2 million view in 3 days then it all gone, like never happened anything...it's the YT Algo, then it likes your video, it will give you beyond imagination, then all stooped!

[@4FramesPerSecond]

@@ACEWouldYouRather Without knowing you or your channel, how did you follow up with it? What was your immediate next video when eyes were most on you?

[@sweetlylorelei]

I find visual cues, ASMR-type content and building to the final product interesting, even though I love high quality content being uploaded, it does not please the younger audience who are totally into random things. It's insane how something seemingly "low effort" gains tons of views too but that's mostly because people know who they are. :3 I hope everyone keeps growing, its a struggle when some people only want to focus on big numbers indeed! It'll come. 🎉🎉

[@happycorn3r]

Done Please 💜🖤💜🖤💜

[@sajidahgull7559]

Yes you are right 😮

[@DoctorNOS]

I’m short

[@KirbyKongYT]

😭

[@nachodakittypet]

real

[@JonTheCobraCrosby]

Thank you for putting the lights in the description I was the one asked about them in your last video or video before last so thanks for adding them in the description appreciate it and appreciate the tips

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I'm taking it slow now to refuel myself pumping out content is great I agree sometimes you don't give yourself time for new things or new idea's.

[@WhatYouDontKnowbyEeeJay]

One day I’ll grow from 1 subscriber to millions cause i ain’t given up yet And if you’re new like me, keep pushing you’re get there

[@UniverseUnraveled369]

I watched an earlier vid iq today thats around 5 months old mention younger channels should post one short a day analyze what works best. do you think that is still a good idea or is it best to only put out top quality shorts if your main focus is long video?

[@lorenzocorley7516]

Thank You for this! Just like all ur other informative videos. I need it

[@Canadianadventurer]

But Did you really break the *KZbin shorts Algorithms*?? Or just click baited me? 🤔🤔

[@Haocheng-l5r]

If you are a small KZbinr like me, never give up even if you always fail❤😊😊👍👍

[@Accidentally-Awesome]

Anybody got advice for me I've had this channel for 10 or so years,gone through various name changes and now settled on a name,a video style,a certain niche and have attracted a good few subs sunce ive started posting again officially about 3 months ago,and my subs are very vocal and comment on content. Im really just looking for advice on how to master the algorithm as some videos git 10k mark some hit 400 and some don't even appear on the shortsfeed. Does anybody know why? 😮

[@swordcrack]

My first TWO shorts got some traffic and were picked up for the feed, then suddenly after those two - basically nothing at all. Even though they started out with good impression to click ratio and watchtime over 100% that really didn't plummet. Can't really tell what and why, honestly 😁

[@YouTubetail]

😂

[@LegendYokai]

I have had a similar experience. After posting 10 shorts (2-3 shorts per week), my views went from 0 to 100. It's not a huge improvement, but it's progress.

[@swordcrack]

@@LegendYokai I had around 800 on the first one and 1,5k on the 2nd one. But I mean, my channel is only 1 week old, so I can't really judge anything by that but yeah. All shorts after the first two are basically under 50 views and stuck with absolutely no movement at all :D Even though all their graphs indicate interest - watch time was high, impressions were basically equal to views, retention was almost full, too. Can't really judge it STILL, because it's a very new channel. But if algorithm works how we are led to believe it works, those shorts should have gotten SOME traffic, and not stagnate to death. :D Data doesn't lie, but it seems like it kind of could.

[@BroUnknownGuy]

I have a quick tip for y'all Use copyrighted music (Post it from your KZbin app and add the music from there - make your video have no audio before importing it into the app). The shorts I post on my personal channel gets - 2k views within the first 3hrs It depends on the time your audience is online That's when it gets viewed IDK but my videos aren't going to far as I am expecting My shorts video with the highest views is only 25.8k Altogether my channel has gotten 148k views from 21 videos on YT shorts It's still a ball game and I'm learning And on my second channel - faceless YT channel I posted my second Shorts video And I got 26k views within two days Overall, it depends on the quality of the video and sometimes the music you use on it

[@GoGetYou]

This is typically me

[@TheWildWondersSA]

Thanks for the tips, I created a shorter version of a wildlife video that did well a while ago, and by listening to your advice it has now really taken off! THANKS!

[@EmagineReacts]

Did the method “but..so..but..so “ and story telling tips my numbers “ AVD :116.7% STR :60.7% - 39.3) I’ll update yall in a week to see where it goes if yall wanna know 😅

[@Isaacpam_edit]

4:32 - 4:40 cat 😺 in the background ❤😂

[@Foxxey0]

YAY COOL CAT❤

[@ROBLOXTHANOS]

Shorts are a great way to attract new subscribers and rack up views reliably.

[@JonnoPlays]

Pretty soon AI will get all the best ideas just like youtubers do. We ain't gonna exist soon boys.

[@DigitizedArtist]

I have 35 subs!

[@DattasPlanet]

Very Interesting and Informative .. Will apply for my YT channel as well .Thank you so much

[@incredifall]

Nice info. Thanks!

[@StayAwayYT]

I just hit 50 subs thx soooooo much brooooo!!!!!

[@Christmascactus88]

Thank you

[@thingsthatmakeyousayhmm]

Perfect. This lets me know that you guys are actually putting in the work and although you are a bigger channel you still face the same challenges

[@GretSanDiego]

I only get up to 8K on shorts, then all of a sudden i got almost 350K for one video i didn't even exert on effort to make. I just wrote my comment on a popular TV drama that had no closure for their two main characters. It got about 600 subs, too. I actually do not understand why 😂 I think, indeed, people are invested in a story.... With some shorts, i only get barely a hundred when i spent so much time editing them. Oh well...

[@shayluxurytravel]

samesies haha the less effort you do the more views u get 😭

[@debajyotideyneogy123]

Though I am just starting to create KZbin shorts, I have a suggestion for you. You can feature your cat in your shorts perhaps in a separate channel. Your cat is adorable and has potential to be viral😅

[@sarasmixvlog]

😀👍 I did it

[@vidIQ]

ahahah yes, this cat is a star....

[@dafingaz]

@@vidIQ vidIQat

[@cherry12316]

never give up

[@Africawildlifehistorymission]

Amazing facts, sending nature love ❤❤❤ 🐘

[@JulietaLamina]

People started asking this *do not give up on our hope if you still continue to upload some videos* Like i am kidding there is green screen kid that have more subcribes than me

[@medavog]

I subscribed 🎉 ty for the info. Celebrating 5 k subs

[@TBassFactory]

Sheesh I’ve done 42 shorts a week since August 2023 and 7 million views later

[@KiwiRblx69]

vidiq please give me shoutout i have been trying from a very long time

[@dripchip00]

i’m here because nobody notices me🥺

[@THRIVES_MINDS]

hello there, i am new on you tube, i have an educational channel. I want to introduce every interesting fact to my audience but i only get views on only one single topic based shorts and video. so i want to know is it ok to make shorts on that specific topic on which i get views. what's your advise?

[@pinballjunkies]

Just subbed to you ❤

[@DapurBiru]

Imma try this

[@PUBGNomoneynolove4314]

You tube don't Su port Us Bec We are Poor,

[@ClincherRound]

Thank you so much! I have been struggling with Shorts but this such a big help! Keep grinding everyone! Hopes that we can get that Silver Play Button soon! ❤

[@ayysweetstea9339]

Interesting Advice!

[@MattsFishingEscapes]

Great advice, I'm finally started to find my momentum with shorts. I had used some of those automated long form to shorts software, but they don't do what you need to do for a short to be really viral... You have to actually edit them as you say.

[@Guru_gaming22]

If you are reading bro never give up you Will succeed in the end of year

[@Philbythelake]

Yea I make shorts to post everyday. It’s so hit and miss

[@dyvakrupa8395]

Thanks for Sharing Nice Advice Thank-you VidlQ 💖 ❤💛

[@The-E-Dude]

Newbe here. Considering making a long form video, saving it but also edit it and save the part that sums everything up and using that as a short.

[@Padagos851]

We have to keep going, fighting!

[@जय_श्री_कृष्णा-ध8द]

Hii

[@NinaNaculangga]

Shorts, videos, and live stream for small KZbinrs like me got my channel monetized. If you aiming for the subscribers shorts video help ❤😊

[@themirrorbeauty]

I really need to get decent at storytelling... But I have a question. What would you recommend to art/beauty/dance creators whose shorts are often based on transitions or focused around the music? A lot of short videos of this type (for example, makeup transitions, and they don't have to be too dramatic like you've erased 60 years) have a lot of success, but mine and a lot of people's gain a decent amount of views, but rarely go viral. What can be improved about those? Is there a better way to hook people in besides adding text on screen? They kind of understand from the start it's an art or makeup transition video or, for example, a dance, so how do those big creators get people to watch the whole thing, while the rest of us can't?

[@happycorn3r]

Done Please ✅💜✅💜

[@Obrazpublic]

Guys, it is a classical Survivorship bias. Sorry

[@zx_playz02]

I WANT 1m VIEWS BUT😢

[@StoriesFactUs-ln5ty]

My shorts were getting decent amount of views, after I recieved an email about My channel doesn't sufficient channel history Anyone could help me about this matter?

[@Healthdiet-371]

My Channel all about food sharing my passion of food and cooking. Do I upload shorts related to my long form content (food) or I can upload about everything on shorts? I’m so brand new to KZbin 😁 Thank you for sharing and have a great day! 😍

[@sir_mayo_maremma]

Thank you for this!